Fresh cases hit new high of 1,755, major spurt in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 outbreak in Maharashtra, by far the worst-affected state in the country, turned grimmer on Thursday when…
Coronavirus live updates: ‘Tripura has actually ended up being corona free, second client tests unfavorable’
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 24, 2020, 03:55:32 ISTThe number of coronavirus cases in India has jumped…
India faring better than other countries at the 5L-test mark: Committee chief
NEW DELHI: Though the number of Covid-19 patients in India is rising, the graph is linear and not exponential and…
IIT-D develops low-cost kit for detecting Covid-19
MUMBAI: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-D) has developed a low-cost Covid-19 detection kit costing barely a few hundred rupees…
Huge jump in no. of people reading newspapers for over an hour: Survey
File photo of children reading a newspaperIf there’s one thing that people are consuming more of during the nationwide lockdown,…
Covid-19 lockdown: 200% jump in calls from drug users, alcoholics
NEW DELHI: Distress calls from alcoholics and drug users on national helpline spiked by 200% during the coronavirus lockdown, triggering…
Security for protectors: On safety of healthcare employees
Healthcare workers should be allowed to work in an environment free of violence and abuse Since the first case of…
Rapid failures: On antibody screening packages
Significant error rates for COVID-19 antibody testing kits underscore the need for caution Rapid testing kits that State governments have…
Coronavirus lockdown | Plan ahead for transport of migrant workers, Maharashtra tells Railways
Desperate measure: Migrant workers gathered in Bandra earlier this month, defying the lockdown. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Desperation might…
Coronavirus | Two deaths, 54 new cases of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu reported two deaths due to COVID-19 on Thursday even as 54 persons tested positive for the disease in…
Coronavirus | Clause allowing FIR against firm owners for COVID-19 cases withdrawn
The government has withdrawn the clause allowing filing of an FIR against a company and its management if an employee…
India following U.S. trajectory in COVID-19 cases, says Chinese expert
India’s trajectory in COVID-19 cases is following the United States and likely to similarly reach a plateau rather than peak…
Coronavirus | Lockdown ensured growth of cases remained linear, says government
India has managed to maintain a linear growth of COVID-19 cases over the one month period during its lockdown, the…
Trump leaves big gaps in Green Card ban to serve US national interests
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending green cards to “immigrants who present risk to the…
Do not believe MS Dhoni wants to bet India anymore: Harbhajan Singh
NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday said that former India skipper MS Dhoni does not want to…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 23, 2020, 20:06 ISTNEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Thursday decided to put on hold increment in…
26 million have sought US jobless aid since virus hit
WASHINGTON: More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for US unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an…
Have cut transmission, minimised spread, increased Covid-19 doubling time during lockdown: Govt
NEW DELHI: The government said on Thursday that it has been able to "cut coronavirus transmission", minimise its spread and…
No exponential rise in Covid-19 cases in India: Centre
NEW DELHI: The Centre said on Thursday that the rise in coronavirus cases in the country has been more or…
Tablighi row: Entire Muslim community can not be delegated one group’s ‘criminal offense’, states Naqvi
The entire Muslim community cannot be held responsible for one group’s “crime”, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on…
Central groups inspect COVID-19 hotspots, medical facilities in West Bengal
The Centre’s Inter-Ministerial Central Team convoy escorted by the police officials moves around city during the nationwide lockdown, in wake…
Finance Ministry freezes increment on DA, DR for main govt employees, pensioners
The Finance Ministry on Thursday issued an order freezing the Dearness Allowance (DA) to the Central government employees and Dearness…
Former Jharkhand Minister Anosh Ekka gets 7 years’ RI in cash laundering case
Anosh Ekka was involved in the laundering of about Rs. 20.32 crore. Judge also imposes a fine of ₹2 crore…
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel for payment of MGNREGA earnings in form of food grains
Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy He writes a letter to Union Rural Development Minister Tomar…
BJP dispersing ‘common bias and hatred’ even during COVID-19 pandemic, states Sonia Gandhi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in her opening remarks during her address to a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held through…
US House to pass nearly $500 million more in coronavirus relief
US House of Representatives to pass a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill today. (AFP photo)WASHINGTON: Hundreds of members of the…
Government freezes DA of central staff at current level till July 2021
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Thursday decided to put on hold additional instalments of dearness allowance (DA) and dearness…
Dinesh Karthik was amazed when CSK selected MS Dhoni for inaugural IPL
TOI TimesPointsHOW TO EARNMY ACTIVITYFAQsDAILY CHECK-INS: 0/5 completedLifetime0Expired0Redeemed0* Times Points expires 1 year from day of creditFile image of Dinesh…
Over 93%trust Modi govt will manage Covid-19 crisis well: Survey
NEW DELHI: An astounding 93.5 per cent people in the country believe that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is…
No choice on T20 World Cup prior to July: New Zealand Cricket chief
WELLINGTON: Any decision on whether the Twenty20 World Cup has to be rescheduled from its October start date due to…
Remittances to India most likely to decrease by 23%in 2020 due to Covid-19: World Bank
WASHINGTON: As a result of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in a global recession, remittances to India are…
2 cats in New York become first US pets to test positive for coronavirus
A cat, that is not eating or drinking, is looked over at the clinic at the San Diego Humane Society.…
Trump signs immigration order featuring numerous exemptions
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he had signed an executive order "temporarily suspending immigration into the United States."…
Covid-19: China pledges help on rapid test kits, govt waits for ICMR views
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns raised here about the quality of the rapid test kits purchased from China, the Chinese embassy…
U.S. was assaulted, states Trump on coronavirus pandemic
Struggling to restore normalcy in the U.S. where COVID-19 has claimed the lives of more than 47,000 people and infected…
U.S. President Donald Trump indications migration order curbing permits
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington…
Script of unity: On coronavirus and social prejudices
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reminder that COVID-19 does not recognise “race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or border” before striking,…
Making use of a pandemic: On Trump’s immigration policy
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he would be using an executive order to suspend, for 60 days,…
I am confident we will win coronavirus battle soon and Indore will set the ideal: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has had a trial by fire in his current tenure, having been sworn…
Coronavirus | Foreign attendees at Tablighi Jamaat congregation under ED lens
The Enforcement Directorate is probing the financial transactions related to over 2,000 foreign nationals who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat…
Facebook deal may keep RIL on road to zero-debt plan
MUMBAI: The $5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore) investment by Facebook in Jio Platforms will help Mukesh Ambani deleverage Reliance Industries’…
Most Covid deaths in Gujarat has occured within 2 days of testing
AHMEDABAD: Even as Gujarat on Wednesday recorded 13 Covid deaths, taking the state’s toll to 103, data revealed that in…
Covid-19: Mumbai firm seeks regulator nod for ARV trials
MUMBAI: In an indication of innovation in pharmaceuticals for Covid-19, Mumbai-based Glenmark may become the first company in India to…
Railways offer states to supply 2.6 lakh meals a day
NEW DELHI: The railway ministry has offered to supply 2.6 lakh meals daily at Rs 15 each from railway kitchens…
Month’s pay cut for Kerala govt staff through 5 EMIs
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Brushing aside protests by the opposition and staff associations, the Kerala cabinet on Wednesday decided to go ahead with…
Bill Gates hails PM’s leadership in effort to contain Covid
TNN | Apr 23, 2020, 01:42 ISTNEW DELHI: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…
Coronavirus lockdown | In Rajasthan, migrant workers repair and paint government school that sheltered them
It was a labour of love in the midst of the lockdown. Migrant workers from multiple States quarantined in a…
Coronavirus lockdown | Most sectors will be open by May 3, says Principal Economic Adviser
The process of “unwinding” the lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19 has already begun, and most sectors of the economy will…